If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

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Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the...

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to...

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade...

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

If you don't fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing...